diff --git a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/ViolationStoreFactory.java b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/ViolationStoreFactory.java
index 81e6418d42..68f8c07313 100644
--- a/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/ViolationStoreFactory.java
+++ b/archunit/src/main/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/ViolationStoreFactory.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ public List<String> getViolations(ArchRule rule) {
 
         private List<String> readLines(String ruleDetailsFileName) {
             String violationsText = readStoreFile(ruleDetailsFileName);
-            List<String> lines = Splitter.on(UNESCAPED_LINE_BREAK_PATTERN).splitToList(violationsText);
+            List<String> lines = Splitter.on(UNESCAPED_LINE_BREAK_PATTERN).omitEmptyStrings().splitToList(violationsText);
             return unescape(lines);
         }
 
diff --git a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/TextFileBasedViolationStoreTest.java b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/TextFileBasedViolationStoreTest.java
index 4c4c41463a..7720a3de1c 100644
--- a/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/TextFileBasedViolationStoreTest.java
+++ b/archunit/src/test/java/com/tngtech/archunit/library/freeze/TextFileBasedViolationStoreTest.java
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ public void reads_violations_of_single_rule_from_configured_folder() {
         assertThat(storedViolations).containsOnly("first violation", "second violation");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void reads_empty_list_of_violations() {
+        store.save(defaultRule(), ImmutableList.<String>of());
+
+        List<String> storedViolations = store.getViolations(defaultRule());
+
+        assertThat(storedViolations).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void stores_violations_of_multiple_rules() {
         ArchRule firstRule = rule("first rule");